La farolera
La farolera
The Lamplightress
Canción infantil
Children's Song
(Spanish)
(English)
La farolera tropezó,
en la calle se cayó,
y al pasar por un cuartel
se enamoró de un coronel.
Alcen las banderas
para que pase la farolera
de la puerta del sol,
sube la escalera y enciende el farol,
a la media noche me puse a contar
y todas las cuentas me salieron mal.
Dos y dos son cuatro,
cuatro y dos son seis,
seis y dos son ocho y ocho dieciséis
y ocho veinticuatro
y ocho treinta y dos,
ánima bendita me arrodillo en vos.
The lamplightress stumbled,
She fell down in the street,
As she passed by some barracks
She fell in love with a colonel.
Raise up the flags
So she can pass, the lamplightress
From the Gate of the Sun.
She goes up the ladder and lights the light,
At midnight, I started to reckon
But the reckonings went wrong.
Two and two are four,
Four and two are six,
Six and two are eight, and eight sixteen
And eight twenty-four
And eight thirty-two
Blessed soul, I kneel down before you.
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Oscar Téliz for contributing this song and to Monique Palomares for translating it.
¡Muchas gracias!
